richmond-rex:A shorte and a brief memolye, by licence and correcion, of the first progress of our so

richmond-rex:A shorte and a brief memolye, by licence and correcion, of the first progress of our souveraigne lorde King Henry the vijth — after his noble coronacion, Christemas and parliament, holden at his paloys of Westminster — towardes the northparties (BL, MS. Cotton Julius B. XII) For their part, the towns and cities that arranged pantomime and music and lined the streets with well-wishers were arguably seeking not only to ingratiate themselves with the new regime through flattery, praise and gentle admonition, but also to articulate a place for the new regime in the local and general history of the realm. As ‘Ebrauk’, the mythical founder of York, submitted his ‘citie, kee and coroune’ to Henry Tudor; where Worcester’s spokesman ‘Janitor’ was intended to play upon the traditional themes of the Nine Worthies and notions of Henry Tudor’s descent; and with Bristol’s invocation of the legendary figure of ‘King Brennus’, each pageant articulated a vital connection between the formerly obscure Anglo-Welsh earl and the history of England and the British Isles.Emma Cavell, A Memoir of the court of Henry VII (2001) -- source link

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